- Parliament has to work with other government institutions to end corruption, he argues

National Super Alliance (NASA) leader Raila Odinga has castigated Members of Parliament branding them as the “weakest link” in the ongoing purge against graft lords.

Raila said in a statement seen by TUKO.co.ke on Sunday, August 12, that the National Assembly was derailing the spirited fight on corruption and called investigative authorities to move in and roundup culpable individuals.

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National Super Alliance (NASA) leader Raila Odinga has castigated Members of Parliament (MPs) branding them as the “Weakest link” in the ongoing purge against graft lords. Photo: Raila OdingaSource: Facebook

This accusation by the Opposition chief comes after the National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi put on spot MPs who are believed to have received bribes to cover up the truth surrounding probe on contaminated sugar.

“The public currently feels cheated by Parliament, which has become the weakest link in this war, with reports of money changing hands for adoption or rejection of reports. This is a major shame to the nation and deserves urgent and thorough investigation by a multi-agency team from the EACC, DPP and DCI,” said Odinga.

For the war against corruption to be successful, Raila said the legislature, judiciary and the executive must speak one language.

He nonetheless observed that the current momentum witnessed in battling fraud deserved to be recognised stating that it was a result of the Building Bridges initiative.

“This crackdown and the support by the public were unthinkable at the start of this year with Kenya torn down the middle by ethnic politics, elections and impunity until the MoU in the Building Bridges to a New Kenyan Nation happened with a very clear agenda on how to address our age-old problems,” he said.

Raila said the end goal of the drive was to ensure that corruption in the country was made a very painful crime which none of its perpetrators will ever find a way to evade. Photo: Raila OdingaSource: Twitter

Major corruption scams have since been unmasked since the Bridge Building initiatives started gaining shape among them the National Youth Service and National Cereal and Produce Board sagas.

Others include Kenya Power (KPLC) and Ruaraka land saga which have since seen hundreds of billions of taxpayers money pilfered by corrupt government individuals.

“The political atmosphere has enabled us to look at our problems minus the usual ethnic lenses. Attempts by suspects to appeal to their ethnic bases have therefore generated near zero support,” Raila continued to state.

Important to note, the former Prime Minister said was to see these culpable fairly tried and the stolen assets recovered in a bid to restore public trust in government institutions.

“The Asset Recovery Agency must move out of boardrooms and be seen to be acting publicly in unison with the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations. The suspects, both those out on bail and the ones facing arrest, must be prevented from hiding and their attempts to frustrate the war on corruption paralysed,” he said.

Above all, he said the end goal of the drive was to ensure that corruption in the country was made a very painful crime which none of its perpetrators will ever find a way to evade.

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